From lecture #7 of wsff
- Short Stories are about a specific experience
- Conflicts - stop your character from reaching their goal
- Yes, but
- No, and
- Solutions/Resolutions
- Yes, and
- No, but
- The Mice Quotient
- 4 Elements - Mice Threads
- Milieu
- Starts when a character enters a place, ends when they leave
- The conflict is struggling with the space
- Inquiry
- Starts with a questions, ends with an answer
- The conflict is not getting the answer, being thrown off the trail
- Character
- Internal
- Angst to Ahh
- The conflict is successfully changing
- Event
- External
- Starts with status quo disrupted, ends with new status quo
- The conflict is stopping the character from establishing the status quo
- Milieu